Last year’s 30th Annual St. Anne Pumpkin Fest may have been the last. Current organizers are stepping down and unless someone else steps up the fest will be no more. There will be a public meeting on the issue Monday night at 7 at St. Anne Village Hall. The Daily Journal reports that annual fall event…… Read More »

Will County Sheriffs police are looking for a Braidwood woman who is out on bond on drug charges, but failed to show up for her schedule court hearing and missed a court ordered drug test. 38 year old Breanne Bormet was arrested in October of 2017 after allegedly selling an unspecified amount of heroin to…… Read More »

Lowell High School officials say a student allegedly brought a handgun to the school on Wednesday of this week. The student in question was not allowed to attend classes Thursday and will not be allowed on school property until an investigation completed. School authorities say the student will be expelled for a year if the…… Read More »

The Village of Peotone is exploring ways of shoring up its police pension fund. The Daily Journal reports that Peotone’s police pension account is funded at only 21 percent. To bring that number up the village board is considering tapping into the 12 million dollars the village received when its water and sewer utilities went…… Read More »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's first lunar lander on a mission that if successful will make the Jewish state only the fourth nation to achieve a controlled touchdown on the moon's surface.

Consumer Reports on Thursday pulled a recommendation for Tesla Inc's Model 3, citing reliability problems, and the influential U.S. magazine turned up the pressure on other automakers to include crash-avoiding automatic braking as standard equipment.

A Nike Inc sneaker worn by a college basketball superstar split in half less than a minute into a highly anticipated game between Duke University and North Carolina, prompting an outcry on social media as the company sought to figure out what caused the problem.

A U.S. judge on Thursday appeared open to ordering the government to find potentially thousands of additional children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration, which could greatly expand the scope of a lawsuit challenging the separations.

The rain was cold, needling and incessant as celebrants scooted from their cars and scurried into Nashville’s Corsair Distillery Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 19) to honor the writers of Luke Combs’ four-week No. 1 single, “She Got the Best of Me.”

Country Music Hall of Fame member Fred Foster -- an early champion of such rising talents as Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton and Roy Orbison -- died Wednesday (Feb. 20) in Nashville following a brief illness. He was 87.

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The Village of Bourbonnais and Bourbonnais Township Park District have opened the Event and Skate Plaza, 600 Main Street NW, behind the Village of Bourbonnais Administration Building. The outdoor frozen rink is a free recreational activity provided to the community during the winters month. Skating may take place during the plaza hours of 9 a.m.…

Join The Kankakee Valley Park District for Latin Dance with Jolynne Keiser, on Tuesdays from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., January 15th through March 5th. Learn tropical Latin dances including Salsa, Cumbia, Bachata, Merengue and Cha-Cha! No partner needed. Fee is $65 and registration deadline is January 11th. Call to register at 815-933-1311. The Kankakee Valley…